the wave of the future?

[Guest guest]

Quite a few PCOM students read this list and I have been carrying

Deke's book around with me, so the topic has come up all week long. It

has been very interesting to gauge the reactions of students. Unlike

years ago, a huge % of PCOM students have little prior exposure to

chinese philosophy. Many have never received acupuncture before

school, nor taken herbs, nor practiced any martial arts or qi gong or

read the I ching. Alex Tiberi has commented this puts quite a

challenge upon the teaching of the intro class that did not exist 10

years ago. It seems like there are basically two main groups of

students: those with no prior exposure and smaller group of those with

prior interest, but no deep understanding of the subject (or even hold

to erroneous pop culture and new age notions of what CM is, at least at

first). A handful are very well versed in chinese culture and

philosophy. And there are, of course, assorted others. those with no

prior exposure to CM or eastern philosophy tend to have a mainstream

view of the world, largely informed by science. I find this group,

which is by far the largest, to be very drawn to Deke's ideas. It will

be interesting to see what will come of this demographic trend.

 

 

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[Guest guest]

I have noticed the same 'paradigm shift' among the newer students, who

come to PCOM with little or no background in Chinese philosophy or

martial arts. They are more influenced by modern science, but also,

interestingly, more receptive to in-depth discussions on Chinese

medical philosophy. They also are very appreciative of Wiseman

terminology and clear explanation of concepts.

 

 

On Mar 11, 2004, at 10:39 AM, wrote:

 

> Quite a few PCOM students read this list and I have been carrying

> Deke's book around with me, so the topic has come up all week long. It

> has been very interesting to gauge the reactions of students. Unlike

> years ago, a huge % of PCOM students have little prior exposure to

> chinese philosophy. Many have never received acupuncture before

> school, nor taken herbs, nor practiced any martial arts or qi gong or

> read the I ching. Alex Tiberi has commented this puts quite a

> challenge upon the teaching of the intro class that did not exist 10

> years ago. It seems like there are basically two main groups of

> students: those with no prior exposure and smaller group of those with

> prior interest, but no deep understanding of the subject (or even hold

> to erroneous pop culture and new age notions of what CM is, at least at

> first). A handful are very well versed in chinese culture and

> philosophy. And there are, of course, assorted others. those with no

> prior exposure to CM or eastern philosophy tend to have a mainstream

> view of the world, largely informed by science. I find this group,

> which is by far the largest, to be very drawn to Deke's ideas. It will

> be interesting to see what will come of this demographic trend.

>

>

> Chinese Herbs

>

>

> FAX:

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